Day 0 - The Cat to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
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Day 1 - Yarmouth to Bridgewater
First wildlife in NS!!!
This clock was on top of a firehouse that burned down. A local lady donated her husbands money to have it put up in the park in Yarmouth.
A boat, apparently run aground, but with a castle built on top? Yeah, welcome to the land of the Novies.
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Yarmouth harbor fishing boats, with the Cat in the background
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Better shot of the Cat on the dock
This boat is only aground until the tide comes in- As mush as a 9foot tide around here!
Rogue waves are all over the rocky coast of Nova Scotia. They come out of absolutely nowhere and literally bury anything in their reach, dragging it back to sea with a vicious undertow.
In the middle of a pretty nasty storm I was wandering the rocks around Cape Forchu Light in Yarmouth, and had to snap a couple pics
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Barrels and floats in the local fishertown
More
Lighthouse at the Historic Village of Acadia, in Pubnico
Tin of lobster plugs, a whitling knife and thumb guard. Also a pack of plugs to the right.
I <3 barrels
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Whale vertabrae
Again, closer
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Some salt cod
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Seal Island Light, Barrington
Backside of a whale skull
Spent some time at the Kejimkujik Seashore Preserve thingy watching seals and boulderingish
Four seals on a rock
again
Double-crested cormorants on a rock
Not a seal, yet without a 10x zoom lens, I swore it was
Can you find all seven seals?
How about now?
Now? (brighter, fog is lifting)
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There are five seals on this rock, although only four are fair
Can you find the five seals here? (Hint, they're not all on the rock)
All five on the rock are visible here
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Three seals here. The one on the left is Fat Louie. You'll understand why in a bit.
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This is why he's called Fat Louie!
Coming around the point, we can see Fat Louie head-on
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I had a feeling I was being stalked!
Pair of Eiders
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Up the coast more, twelve seals on a rock!
No! Seventeen!!!
Really!
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Western Head Light, Liverpool
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Day 2 - Bridgewater to Halifax
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Andy, Volvo-Penta has been making boat engines for a while :)
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IBM has been making timeclocks for a while too!
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In these parts, even McD's goes lighthouse crazy!
Spent a lot of time at Peggy's Cove. Did some bouldering and rock-walking. GREAT waves and wonderful rock
Peggy's Cove Light... It's a Post Office now, and the only place in the world you can have stamps cancelled from a lighthouse. This idiot forgot to send himself something
Shot of the light from the rocks
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Day 3 - Halifax
Jellies!
... again
... and again
George's Island Light, Halifax Harbor
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Maugher Beach (McNabb's Island) Light, Halifax Harbor
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Devil's Island Light @ 10x
... again @ 27x. No wonder they think it's haunted. Spooky!!
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Left in to remind myself I'm an idiot... A shot with the lens cap on
Chebucto Head Light, Halifax Harbor
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Halifax Town Clock, on the hill of the Halifax Citadel
Day 4 - Halifax to Sydney
Spent the morning at the Shubenacadie Wildlife Thingy
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Lesson #1 guy, Women are impossible to please.
See?
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Barnacled- no Banded Goose!
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BABY CARIBOU!!!
Sitting!
A different one!!
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Baby longhorn!!!!
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Baby Gosling... She stayed down like a good baby, so I couldn't get a better snap
Shy fox
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The exhibit said "Magpies" but these are fucking falcons/hawks of some kind... Magpies are little wussy birds.
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There were three moose in a very spacious, bio-diverse pen.
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Day 5 - Cabot Trail
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There is a waterfall over here
10x zoom to it
Some light boulderingish and rock-jumping later, here's the live shot from a ledge
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Rock-jumping back quite a bit, here's the full view
Neil's Harbour Light
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This is Bay St Lawrence, the furthest point out to sea that the St. Lawrence River current is still distinct.
Whale watch out of Pleasant Bay. I highly recommend Fiddlin Whale Tours!
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There is a Minke whale back and fin in this pic, I swear
Better shot
There we go :)
As good as it gets: Minke coming up before a deep dive (1 of 2)
... (2 of 2)
Day 6 - Puffins and Rain
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Razorbills!
Guillemot in flight: Check out those sexy red legs
You're lying if you say you knew that Cormorants had hollow feathers that fill with water when they dive and that's why they "air out" their wings all the time. But now you do. It's true.
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Razorbills!
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FIRST PUFFIN!!! (the pics are better later. Don't Worry! Be Happy!)
... again
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Quite possibly my favorite picture: Razorbills
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Seal!!
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Fun razorbill shot
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Blurry Puffin playing Rubber Ducky
Seal not looking
Seal profile
Seal face!!!
Female seal
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Cutest. Face. Ever.
Puffin, with razorbills to the right
Three puffins and two razorbills
... less one puffin
One puffin landing, one standing
Did you know puffins are pelagic? Yup, they only go to land when they nest: The rest of the time they stay at sea
Two razorbills and a puffin
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Puffin on guard duty
Three razorbills and a puffin!
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Puffin getting ready to take off
Puffin on the left just got back from a dive
Puffin getting ready to take off
Puffin Armada! *hums Ride of the Valkyries*
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Bird Island Light
And here, my completely fresh set of batteries died...
Day 7 - Pictou: The Hector
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Wooden Mountie
Day 8 - To New Brunswick
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Five Islands Light
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This is the Confederation bridge that links New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island
...again
Cape Jourimain Light, New Brunswick
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Swallows' nests!
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Cape Tormentine Light, New Brunswick
I guarantee this is a fossil of something
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Day 9
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Spent some time at Hopewell Rocks, during low-tide
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Grindstone Island Light, New Brunswick (Property of the Church of England)
... and came back at high-tide!
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Day 10 - I didn't think I'd be taking pics on a travel day, but a New Brunswick Mrs. Moose made me!
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